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veetach

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  1. Sexual Assualt Photography

    veetach replied to CSI295's topic in Forensic

    I agree. I am a SANE and I have never had a problem obtaining consent for photographs. Light seems to be an issue when we take photos, usually our exam rooms have fluorescent lighting and it can...

  2. Privacy & Confidentiality in ER

    veetach replied to Sarah, RNBScN's topic in Emergency

    we will be moving into a brand new ER in March of 2005. Every single room has a door. No more curtained areas. We will have 15 monitored beds, 2 gyn beds, and when the remodel of the old ER is...

  3. questions about e.r. from s.n.

    veetach replied to janetrette's topic in Emergency

    Every new grad is different. If you had experience in the field of emergency medicine like CEN35 did, I would say go ahead and hop into the ER. But... if you dont have that background, it would be...

  4. Your help is much appreciated on this poll.

    veetach replied to Jetman's topic in Emergency

    and.... none in California, Kansas, Colorado or

  5. Personality traits suited for ER??

    veetach replied to LilRedRN1973's topic in Emergency

    Did I mention a sick sense of humor too? LOLOL Personally, I am trying to get one of our local police officers to give me a tazer gun for Christmas, ohhhh man! Could I have fun with that!

  6. Is something wrong with me?

    veetach replied to jasonn's topic in Emergency

    Jason, I agree with whoever suggested debriefing. But, I think, since you are asking the questions, then you are probably in some phase of dealing with this. I have been a nurse for 11 years. 8 of...

  7. Anybody familiar with Kaplan College Forensic Nursing Certification?

    veetach replied to BBFRN's topic in Forensic

    Just my humble opinion here, but SANE is an extremely rewarding field. I have been a SANE for 6 years and and we work very closely with our local law enforcement officials routinely. If you are...

  8. SANE training

    veetach replied to syranurse's topic in Forensic

    greetings to all of the SANE nurses on this board! I have been a SANE since 1998, and have just currently been on the grounds up development of a new SANE program in our county. We completed training...

  9. Protocols in the ED

    veetach replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    Do you guys have a tracker? If you all want to commiserate and compare notes about Meditech, email me: [email protected] good

  10. It's Thanksgiving, and well, I'm at work

    veetach replied to Carotid's topic in Emergency

    Carotid, I swear you must work in my ER. People are the same no matter what part of the country you are in. We are breeding a society of whiners, who rush to the hospital with every ache and pain. go...

  11. Pennsylvania RN's!!

    veetach replied to newfloridaRN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    rest at ease, you dont ever have to take that dreaded test, as long as you dont let your license lapse! LOL The endorsement process in PA can sometimes be long. I would recommend that you endorse your...

  12. Protocols in the ED

    veetach replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    Our hospital has been live on Meditech for 3 years (this includes nursing documentation on all floors except for ED and CCU/ICU) our CCU/ICU just went live with nursing documentation last month, and...

  13. Protocols in the ED

    veetach replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    Thank you so much to everyone for your responses. Someone asked about computer programs. We are on Meditech and the new module for the ED is incredible. I hope the training and go live goes

  14. On-call

    veetach replied to CB's topic in Emergency

    >>According to federal labor laws (I believe chapter 129), if a person is not on the premises, (such as a fireman) carries a phone, pager, or must call in where they can be reached, must at all...

  15. ER nurse/pt. ratio,triage times, & EHS pt. responsibility?

    veetach replied to nursegoodlove's topic in Emergency

    Our state average (PA) is supposed to be 5:1. In our ED we have anywhere from 6-8:1 depends on acuity of patient. Ambulances are allowed to proceed directly to the bed (if we have them open) and if...

  16. migraine faker at the ED!

    veetach replied to z's playa's topic in Emergency

    Girl I feel your pain, literally. I herniated a disc in August, and now I have a raging case of sciatica. The pain has been almost unbearable at times, but I just go on. I have made it this far...

  17. Anyone fax report?

    veetach replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    I would love to be able to fax report. As it stands right now, it is a battle just to call report. We wait and wait and wait..... there is always a reason that the receiving nurse cannot take report....

  18. Caring in the ED

    veetach replied to kmitch99's topic in Emergency

    First, I would like to say that it IS important to me, I try to be a caring and compassionate nurse. Unfortunately, I dont feel that I am able to do this as well as I would like. I have 7-8 patients...

  19. Craziest delivery stories

    veetach replied to sierranurse's topic in Emergency

    48 yr old obese nulliparous female, comes into the ED c/o abd pain, onset about 6 hours ago, "comes in waves" etc. You can see where this is going, right? Yep! she is crowing. she is rushed to OB,...

  20. RN Functions

    veetach replied to nocturne716's topic in Emergency

    Yah.... what Dixie said.... We do have more autonomy, it has to work that way. In fact, our ED is even building bigger and better protocols to allow the RN's to work more independantly from the

  21. need career advice rural ER

    veetach replied to payday's topic in Emergency

    if you work in a small hospital you will most likely be the only RN. You may also be required to take care of other hospital patients (ie ICU, CCU or med surg) If you have good IV skills (no one will...

  22. Rural ER Staffing

    veetach replied to RainbowSkye's topic in Emergency

    about 10 years ago I worked at a rural hospital.does anyone remember the EACH/PEACH program of the Clinton administration? Anyway we had 2 ER beds, and 8 swing beds, one RN held the place down all...

  23. Protocols in the ED

    veetach replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    what a shame!! I love the system. Our EDM was actually tested at Queen of the valley Hospital in West Covina (I think) California. They remain the Beta site for the new programs. We are nearing the...

  24. Protocols in the ED

    veetach replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    what a shame!! I love the system. Our EDM was actually tested at Queen of the valley Hospital in West Covina (I think) California. They remain the Beta site for the new programs. We are nearing the...

  25. What we have learned from our patients!!!

    veetach replied to mhull's topic in Emergency

    I have also learned that when you are the only occupant of a single car MVA, its not very likely that the police will buy the story that you were the